Examples of EDs

When Colborn wrote Our Stolen Future,
her examples of endocrine disrupters were limited, including DES, DDT, naturally
occurring plant estrogens called phytoestrogens, polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB), and bisphenol A (BPA) a common component in plastic.
The Our Stolen Future website
is updated regularly with information pertinent to recognizing more EDs
in our world. The list is now long, and includes many substances that
are a part of everyday life. The list now includes:
-Amitrol: a defoliant and herbicide
-Atrazine: a selective herbicide for weed control in large scale agriculture, also one of the most abundantly used herbicides in the world
-Arsenite: used in the
production of dyes and soaps for use on skin and is also used as an
insecticide to fight against termites, it is also used as a wood
preservative and to treat certain skin conditions
-Benzophenone: is used in heavy perfumes and soaps, it is also used in antihistamines and insecticides
-Butylated hydroxyanisole: used as an antioxidant in fat-containing foods, also preserves food from becoming rancid
-Cadmium: a metal used in dentistry, photography, paints, glass, electronic components, pesticides, and lubricants.
-Dithiocarbamate: is used as a pesticide, a fungicide, and in cancer immunotherapy
-Nitrofen: is used as an herbicide on many vegetables
-Pentachlorophenol: is used as
an insecticide for termite control, an herbicide, in shingles, roof
tiles, brick walls, concrete blocks, insulation and pipe sealants

This is only a partial list. According to the Our Stolen Future this is merely a list of common offenders. Their list
now includes roughly 90 different ED chemicals. The problem has really
become what can and should be done about the fact that there are
chemicals in our environment and daily lives that can seriously harm
our lives. Many considered Theo Colborn's book alarmist literature, but
further information was soon to come out.